The Old Sydney Burial Ground is the site of Sydney's inaugural permanent cemetery, located near the current corner of George Street and Druitt Street.[1] Established in September 1792, the cemetery was closed in 1820, when the Devonshire Street Cemetery (also known as the Brickfield Cemetery or Sandhills Cemetery; now Central railway station) was opened;[1] the cemetery was deemed a threat to public health by Governor Lachlan Macquarie.[2] Covering about 8000 square metres, the cemetery was for the entire population, convicts and free citizens alike. There were about 2,000 people buried here, however no register was kept.[3]
Sydney Town Hall and parts of Town Hall railway station are located on the grounds of the cemetery.[4][5][6]
^ abAnthony Lowe; Richard Mackay (1992). "Old Sydney Burial Ground" (PDF). Australasian Historical Archaeology. Australian Society for Historical Archaeology. pp. 15–23.
^Campion, Vikki (25 September 2013). "Trams to wake to city's dead: Old Sydney Burial Ground a 'rare' site". The Daily Telegraph.
^Murray, Lisa (2016). Sydney Cemeteries: A Field Guide. Sydney: New South Publishing. ISBN 9781742234489.
^"Old Sydney Burial Ground". City of Sydney.
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